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Arnold Bennett
1867–1931
A wonderfully observant English novelist, playwright, and critic, he turned the everyday life of the Staffordshire Potteries into vivid fiction. Best known for The Old Wives' Tale and the Clayhanger books, he wrote with energy, detail, and a sharp eye for how ordinary people live.
57 Audiobooks
The Pretty Lady
by Arnold Bennett
The Regent
by Arnold Bennett
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
by Arnold Bennett
The Human Machine
by Arnold Bennett
Hugo: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
by Arnold Bennett
The Price of Love
by Arnold Bennett
The Title: A Comedy in Three Acts
by Arnold Bennett
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
by Arnold Bennett
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
by Arnold Bennett
The Grand Babylon Hôtel
by Arnold Bennett
The Old Wives' Tale
by Arnold Bennett
The Roll-Call
by Arnold Bennett
These Twain
by Arnold Bennett
Mental Efficiency, and Other Hints to Men and Women
by Arnold Bennett
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days
by Arnold Bennett
The Author's Craft
by Arnold Bennett
Journalism for Women: A Practical Guide
by Arnold Bennett
Your United States: Impressions of a first visit
by Arnold Bennett
The Plain Man and His Wife
by Arnold Bennett
Literary Taste: How to Form It With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature
by Arnold Bennett
Hilda Lessways
by Arnold Bennett
The Old Adam: A Story of Adventure
by Arnold Bennett
Anna of the Five Towns
by Arnold Bennett
The Truth About an Author
by Arnold Bennett
The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy
by Arnold Bennett
Denry the Audacious
by Arnold Bennett
Lilian
by Arnold Bennett
Literary Taste: How to Form It With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature
by Arnold Bennett
Judith, a Play in Three Acts; Founded on the Apocryphal Book of Judith
by Arnold Bennett
Sacred and Profane Love: A Novel in Three Episodes
by Arnold Bennett
Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
by Arnold Bennett
Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People
by Arnold Bennett
Books and Persons; Being Comments on a Past Epoch, 1908-1911
by Arnold Bennett
Clayhanger
by Arnold Bennett
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
by Arnold Bennett
Velikulta: Seikkailutarina kaupunkiviisikosta
by Arnold Bennett
Loistohotelli Babylon Romaani
by Arnold Bennett
Mr. Prohack
by Arnold Bennett
Riceyman Steps: A Novel
by Arnold Bennett
Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front
by Arnold Bennett
The Great Adventure: A Play of Fancy in Four Acts
by Arnold Bennett
The Honeymoon: A comedy in three acts
by Arnold Bennett
Leonora
by Arnold Bennett
A Great Man: A Frolic
by Arnold Bennett
The Loot of Cities Being the Adventures of a Millionaire in Search of Joy (a Fantasia); and Other Stories
by Arnold Bennett
The Lion's Share
by Arnold Bennett
The Feast of St. Friend
by Arnold Bennett
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Arnold Bennett
by Arnold Bennett
Tales of the Five Towns
by Arnold Bennett
A Man from the North
by Arnold Bennett
The City of Pleasure : a fantasia on modern themes
by Arnold Bennett
From the Log of the Velsa
by Arnold Bennett
Teresa of Watling Street: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
by Arnold Bennett
The Arnold Bennett Calendar
by Arnold Bennett
Kullan voima : romaani
by Arnold Bennett
Self and self-management : Essays about existing
by Arnold Bennett
Ilojen kaupunki
by Arnold Bennett
About the author
Born in Hanley, Staffordshire, on 27 May 1867, Arnold Bennett grew up in the industrial world of the Potteries, a setting that would shape much of his finest work. He began in journalism after leaving work in his father's legal office, and his practical, disciplined approach helped make him one of the most productive British writers of his time.
Bennett wrote novels, short stories, plays, essays, and criticism, but he is especially remembered for fiction rooted in the "Five Towns," his version of the Potteries district. Books such as Anna of the Five Towns, The Old Wives' Tale, and the Clayhanger novels are known for their realism, rich local detail, and sympathy for ordinary ambitions, frustrations, and routines.
He was also a public literary figure, writing for newspapers and magazines and taking part in cultural life well beyond the novel. Bennett died in London on 27 March 1931, but his work still stands out for making provincial English life feel large, serious, and deeply human.